Architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr. Visits Poppy Hills For Refinements Project December 3, 2021 Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach had a special visitor earlier this week. Architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr., who originally designed Poppy Hills when it first opened in 1986, was there to review progress on a current refinements project. The…
USGA Unveils New National Championship for Disabled Players December 3, 2021 The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced the U.S. Adaptive Open Championship, a new national championship that will showcase the world’s best golfers with disabilities. The inaugural competition will be conducted on Course No. 6 at historic Pinehurst Resort & Country Club on…
Rule of the Month: Loose Impediments and Movable Obstructions December 1, 2021 Loose impediments and movable obstructions are two categories of items that the Rules do not consider part of the challenge of playing the game, and therefore they can be moved. Loose impediments are unattached natural objects such as sticks, leaves, twigs, and blades…
Spirit of the Game: Remembering Lee Elder Nov. 29, 2021 The USGA contributed to this report In 2019, during the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links, the USGA honored Lee Elder with its highest honor, the Bob Jones Award. Elder, who passed away this past evening at the age of 87, was the…
NCGA Alum Brandon Harkins Wins TaylorMade Pebble Beach Invitational Nov. 22, 2021 Lafayette native and Chico State alum Brandon Harkins can call himself a Pebble Beach champion. On Sunday, the 35-year-old Harkins, who honed his game competing in NCGA tournaments and was profiled in the 2018 Fall issue of NCGA Golf Magazine, carded a final…
NCGA Member Scores Elusive Albatross November 16, 2021 NCGA Member Debra Baker had one of golfs rare accomplishments recently at the Plantation Golf Course at Kapalua, Maui. She scored an Albatross on the 7th hole, a 460-yard downhill par 5, which was also downwind. This scoring term, which represents three strokes under par on a…
Dr. Condoleezza Rice to be Named 2022 Ambassador of Golf November 16, 2021 Dr. Condoleezza Rice, the 66th U.S. Secretary of State who’s now a professor at Stanford University, will be named the 2022 recipient of the Ambassador of Golf Award presented by FirstEnergy Foundation. Secretary Rice will be recognized July 7 at the 2022…
Spirit of the Game: Babe Zaharias November 1, 2021 Olympic gold medal winner in track and field. All-American basketball player in college. Champion golfer. If there was a Jim Thorpe among women athletes, it was Mildred “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias. As a professional golfer, she won 31 tournaments, including three U.S. Women’s Opens, and helped found…
